Originally Posted by rharv
BiaB simply doesn't handle 5/4 as expected .. it squeezes 5 beats in a 4 four bar measure...
Hmm ... When creating a 5/4 song, my BiaB uses two bars to get 5/4; One three beats and one two beats.
Maybe that's a difference between BiaB created and imported?



I wrote something in response to a post by Andrew in another thread on a similar subject that might shed some light here, or may elicite a "That's not right" from someone. Andrew didn't reply but was likely focussed on the specific MIDI file, which the OP has sent him.
Originally Posted by Gordon Scott
Originally Posted by Andrew - PG Music
Band-in-a-Box does support 6/8. From the OP's screenshot, I can see that it says, in Guitar Pro, "quarter note = 204". This is what I'm going on. It should really be "dotted quarter note = 136". Are we in agreement?
Hmm, this probably highlights the problem.

Unless I'm mistaken, the MIDI specification defines set-tempo as microseconds per quarter-note, so I think it does not have offer the dotted-quarter-note option. Do please correct me if I'm wrong.

I think it gets more complicated still in XML, where tempo for the sound element is specified in "quater notes per minute", but there is a separate "tempo type" for the performer. That may be where the dotted-quarter is handled, but I don't actually know and I couldn't quickly find a clear explanation.

There's also another issue. Dotted quarter note implies the rhythm has downbeats on the 1 and 4 of the six, which is pretty usual, but not always true. It can certainly vary with some other time signatures.

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